In a 40-10 vote, the AP (7/1, Levy) reports, “The Pennsylvania state Senate
approved legislation to require Gov. Tom Corbett to seek federal approval for an
expansion of Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians,
although it faces death in the more conservative House of Representatives where
Republican leaders have vowed not to bring it to a floor vote.” The AP adds,
“All 23 Democrats voted for it, as did 17 of 27 Republican senators,” including
Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and Senate Majority
Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware). The AP notes, “Corbett has been silent on
the bill, although Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they negotiated
the amendment with Corbett’s office, and wrote certain conditions into it to
make it more amenable to him, as well as Republican lawmakers who might
otherwise oppose the health care law.”
The Harrisburg
(PA) Patriot-News (7/1, Thompson) reports, “Ultimately, the governor’s
office would need to submit a plan that wins federal approval for the
expansion.”
Also reporting were the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review (7/1, Bumsted), the Allentown
(PA) Morning Call (6/29, Esack, Rogers), and the Philadelphia
Inquirer (6/30, Worden).
First reported in AOA's First Outlook (July 1, 2013)
